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| Thread ID: 116205 | 2011-02-21 08:28:00 | Conversion of USB to virtual serial ports | curly (6655) | Press F1 |
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| 1180205 | 2011-02-21 08:28:00 | I'm looking for software that would convert USB signals to virtual serial ports. I need to be able to connect a Sea Navigation program to a laptop and additionally a GPS to the laptop as well. |
curly (6655) | ||
| 1180206 | 2011-02-21 08:33:00 | A Serial > USB adaptor does that quite well. I do not know of a software fix. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1180207 | 2011-02-21 20:49:00 | +1. Used one of these to link a weather station (serial o/p) to a computer. Works fine. A driver was installed by the OS as I recall. |
linw (53) | ||
| 1180208 | 2011-02-21 23:07:00 | It's impossible to do this purely in software. You need a hardware device. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1180209 | 2011-02-21 23:35:00 | pbtech.co.nz One of those will do the job nicely. I use them all the time. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1180210 | 2011-02-21 23:39:00 | My step son can let you have one of those at half the price, unfortunately I can't plug his business so if your interested PM me. I use them with my Garmin Etrex GPS | gary67 (56) | ||
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